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Articles in this section cover Bloomington city council, the mayor's office, Monroe County's board of commissioners, county council, and all the other local units.

CIB briefed on branding, public art, hotel plans for Bloomington convention center expansion

At its regular meeting on Wednesday (Aug. 20) Monroe County’s capital improvement board, which is overseeing the expansion of the Bloomington convention center, received updates on: branding and logo development; plans for public art in the new facility; and progress on the associated hotel project

Prosecutor’s office, courts closed after ‘bad mold’ found in Monroe County justice building

Prosecutor’s office, courts closed after ‘bad mold’ found in Monroe County justice building

Signs posted at the Monroe County justice building in downtown Bloomington say that no initial hearings and no traffic court will be held today (Friday, Aug. 22). That’s an indication that the county prosecutor’s office is closed. The cause was a positive test for a toxic mold.

PCB detection in 1 of 10 tests prompts more borings at possible location of new Bloomington Transit facility

PCB detection in 1 of 10 tests prompts more borings at possible location of new Bloomington Transit facility

Recent testing of the real estate that Bloomington Transit is eyeing for the location of its new operations center resulted in clean results for 9 of 10 borings, but a positive test for PCBs in the 10th boring. BT will now be doing 10 more borings to assess the extent of the contamination.

At talk with Bloomington developers, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith pushes for overhauling property taxes—or abolishing them

At talk with Bloomington developers, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith pushes for overhauling property taxes—or abolishing them

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said homes should be taxed based on purchase price, instead of assessed value, at a talk on Thursday. The talk was hosted by the Building Association of South Central Indiana, the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, and the Indiana Uplands Realtor Association.

Employee on mold at Monroe County justice building: “Band-Aids on the Titanic, telling us ... not to worry about the icebergs.”

Employee on mold at Monroe County justice building: “Band-Aids on the Titanic, telling us ... not to worry about the icebergs.”

On Thursday at least 70 county employees packed into Courtroom 313 to get a briefing from a contractor on the status of the mold investigation in their workplace. Some of them left the meeting dissatisfied that the county government had been doing everything in its power to ensure their safety.

MCPL board OKs reduced hours, $12.7M budget proposal

MCPL board OKs reduced hours, $12.7M budget proposal

Beginning Nov. 24, the Monroe County Public Library downtown location will close two hours earlier on weeknights—7 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. on Monday through Thursday each week. At its Tuesday meeting, the board set Sept. 17 for a hearing on its $12.7 million proposed budget for 2026.

Appeals judges press attorneys in Bloomington annexation on “urbanized” test, property owner best interests

Appeals judges press attorneys in Bloomington annexation on “urbanized” test, property owner best interests

Bloomington’s effort that began in 2017 to annex several territories into the city continued on Tuesday in front of Indiana’s court of appeals. For a total of about 40 minutes on Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel quizzed the attorneys for Bloomington and for annexation opponents.